Since the game against the Nets, James has been absent due to a knee injury, during which time James missed three games, and the Lakers lost all three games! According to Vogel, James has flown back to Los Angeles early for treatment, and it seems that James' left knee injury is not optimistic, at least the possibility of returning to the court in a short time is unlikely. In the game against the Eagles, the Lakers lost again, and the current record has reached the ninth position in the West, and the playoff seat is in jeopardy. After the game, the famous skip commented on the game and bluntly said that the Lakers without James would not have a chance with the playoffs.
Skip said: "In the game against Atalanta, the Lakers shot 71% of the shooting in the first half and scored 71 points. But they were blasted off the court in the fourth quarter, 20-38, and lost by eight points. The Lakers now have a 3-game record of less than 50%. James didn't play again today, and if his knee injury continues, this team will miss the playoffs. After flying back to Los Angeles, James immediately underwent MRI, fortunately without structural damage. But the swelling knee prevented James from returning to the court immediately, and could only be on the Daily Watch list.
Skip is a well-known Jamhee, but seeing the current situation of the Lakers, even he admits that it is really impossible without James. If the Lakers do not enter the playoffs, for skip his loss is no less than the Lakers, after all, there is no way to black LeBron in the playoffs, he is relying on black James to become a well-known commentator, if the Lakers miss the playoffs, the flow of skip is gone, which is unacceptable to him, so his voice is also to put pressure on the Lakers, hoping that the Lakers can let James return to the court in time.
Since coming to the Lakers in 2018, James' ironman physique has been completely broken. A groin strain in 2018 caused James to miss nearly 30 games this season, and James' ankle injury again last season, which is the second time James has missed due to injury this season, and the Lakers have missed games in four years even more than in the past 15 years. Now James is also 37 years old, and suddenly there is a swelling of the knee, which is actually the reason for his old age, because people have old legs, so James has a problem.
The Lakers are quite cautious about James' handling, which is no way to do it, after all, James is really old now, it is impossible to return to the court immediately without letting him rest, which is unrealistic. Now is the critical period of impacting the playoffs, fortunately, the gap between the Lakers and the Blazers is not small, James has enough time to rest, but they and the Nuggets, the sixth in the West, have a big gap, and the probability is not to catch up, which shows that the Lakers will participate in the playoffs for two consecutive years, which is definitely not the result that the Lakers want.
At present, in addition to James, the Lakers on the list of injured players are only Left with Nunn, which shows that the current Lakers are almost all the main players, but the record is still not ideal, thinking that the Lakers formed a big three at the beginning of the season to win the NBA championship, and the current Lakers are really lamentable. Although injuries are indeed one of the important reasons affecting the Lakers, but the Lakers themselves have great problems, not only the players but even the coaches can not say that there is no responsibility, after the end of the game, the dismissal of Vogel rushed to the Twitter hot search, the eyes of the masses are bright.
In fact, even if you don't win the championship, it's okay for the Lakers, but the contract of 44 million is the lakers' weakness, if you can't qualify for the playoffs, there is neither the right to draft nor the space to strengthen, the 2020 championship is thought to be the rise of the Lakers, but I didn't expect that just a flash in the pan, the Lakers have no possibility of establishing a dynasty. James did not have to rush back, and Kobe Bryant retired because he played too hard, resulting in a rupture of the Achilles tendon. James must be fully groomed and comeback!